The most debated stories of 2012

SciDev.Net brings you the most commented on articles in 2012, including news, editorials and opinions, spanning topics as diverse as wind energy, access to weather data and communicating science.

Stories include an article about an Egyptian teenager who figured out how to turn plastic waste into biofuels, and an article about a controversial study that claimed to have found a way to increase the protein content of cassava only to be retracted due to missing data.

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